QUACK, AIDE HELD
AC mechanic poses as doctor, Kolkata patient dies in ambulance
Sumati.Yengkhom@timesgroup.com 17.03.2018
Kolkata: A 16-year-old Madhyamik (Class X state board) examinee from Birbhum died on Thursday night in a critical care ambulance that allegedly had an air-conditioning mechanic posing as a doctor.
Arijit Das’s family had requisitioned the ambulance and a doctor through the nursing home at Nababhaat in Burdwan. It was only on reaching the Kolkata hospital the family discovered that the man who had accompanied Arijit claiming to be the doctor was actually an AC mechanic. They lodged a complaint with Purba Jadavpur police station, leading to the arrest of Sheikh Sarfarajuddin, 25, the fake doctor, and Tara Babu Sha, 26, the ambulance driver.
Arijit had complained of fever a day before his board examinations began on Monday. On Wednesday, when the fever did not subside despite medication and he started
having severe bouts of back pain, Arijit’s father took him to Rampurhat Sub-Divisional Hospital, and from there, they shifted him to a nursing home.
Doctors at Annapurna Nursing Home in Burdwan reportedly failed to diagnose his ailment. Arjit’s father decided to bring Arijit to Rabindranath Tagore International Institute for Cardiac Sciences (RTIICS). The family requisitioned a critical care ambulance and a doctor for the 105-km journey to Kolkata.
“We agreed to pay ₹8,000 for the ambulance and another ₹8,000 for the doctor. But when we wanted to sit with Arijit and the doctor in the ambulance, the driver didn’t allow us. We were asked to hire another vehicle,” said Arijit’s father. The father and his elder brother Swapan were suspicious when they saw the driver fixing the oxygen cylinder. Doctors at ITIICS declared Arijit brought dead. Police arrested the duo after an FIR was lodged.
(With inputs from Md Asif in Burdwan)
AC mechanic poses as doctor, Kolkata patient dies in ambulance
Sumati.Yengkhom@timesgroup.com 17.03.2018
Kolkata: A 16-year-old Madhyamik (Class X state board) examinee from Birbhum died on Thursday night in a critical care ambulance that allegedly had an air-conditioning mechanic posing as a doctor.
Arijit Das’s family had requisitioned the ambulance and a doctor through the nursing home at Nababhaat in Burdwan. It was only on reaching the Kolkata hospital the family discovered that the man who had accompanied Arijit claiming to be the doctor was actually an AC mechanic. They lodged a complaint with Purba Jadavpur police station, leading to the arrest of Sheikh Sarfarajuddin, 25, the fake doctor, and Tara Babu Sha, 26, the ambulance driver.
Arijit had complained of fever a day before his board examinations began on Monday. On Wednesday, when the fever did not subside despite medication and he started
having severe bouts of back pain, Arijit’s father took him to Rampurhat Sub-Divisional Hospital, and from there, they shifted him to a nursing home.
Doctors at Annapurna Nursing Home in Burdwan reportedly failed to diagnose his ailment. Arjit’s father decided to bring Arijit to Rabindranath Tagore International Institute for Cardiac Sciences (RTIICS). The family requisitioned a critical care ambulance and a doctor for the 105-km journey to Kolkata.
“We agreed to pay ₹8,000 for the ambulance and another ₹8,000 for the doctor. But when we wanted to sit with Arijit and the doctor in the ambulance, the driver didn’t allow us. We were asked to hire another vehicle,” said Arijit’s father. The father and his elder brother Swapan were suspicious when they saw the driver fixing the oxygen cylinder. Doctors at ITIICS declared Arijit brought dead. Police arrested the duo after an FIR was lodged.
(With inputs from Md Asif in Burdwan)
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